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W. I'. TURNBULL. GOGOANUT GRATER.

No. 425,472. Patented Apr. l5, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Futon.

W'ILLIAM F. TURNBULL, OF NEVPORT NEVS, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO GEORGE B. WEST, OF SAME PLACE. 1

i ooooANuT-GRATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 425,472, dated April 15, 1890.

Application led July 27, 1889. Serial No. 318,910. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it' known that I, WILLIAM F. TURNBULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport N ews, in the county of Warwick and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Cocoanut-Grater, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to cocoanutgraters, and, though especially designed for grating cocoanuts, may be used for grating vegetables of dilerent kinds.

The invention consists in certain features of constructionhereinafter specitied, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a grater constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the cover removed; and Fig. 3 is a detail of a cover, illustrating in dotted lines the manner of cutting and bending the same to form the feedchute. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken through Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l represents the usual cylinder, in the bottom of which is loosely swiveled a table-topelnbracing bail 2, as shown in Fig. l. In order to secure the cylinder to the table-top it is merely necessary to swing the bail under the top, the bail binding the cylinder in position. v

3 represent-s the crank-shaft, which is jonrnaled in openings 4:, formed in the edge of the cylinder l at diametrically-opposite points, saidshaft being removable from the bearings for the purpose of permitting access to the interior of the cylinder. The outer end of the shaft is provided with a handle 5 for operating the shaft, and between its bearings said shaft is provided with a cylindrical grater 6.

7 represents a removable cover, which is provided with an annular ange 8, having diametrically-opposite openings 9 in its edge corresponding with those in the edge of the cylinder, and adapted to form the upper portion of the bearings for a crankshaft.

S represents the feed-chute ot the grater,

vabove the plane of the top, and is extended and the particular construction of the saine I consider an important feature of my inven- 5o tion.

In forming the chute I make two parallel transverse cuts across the top of the cover and extending nearly from edge to edge thereot, and connect said cuts at two of their ends by a right-angular or transverse cut, thus forming an integral tongue 10. The tongue` 10 is oitsetted above the cover, as at 14:, to permit of the cylinder bein g mounted slightly 6o to about the center of the opening formed by the tongue, at which point the tongue is bent upward at a right angle to the top and above the same, forming the rear wall of the chute.

A rectangular bla-nk of metal 11 is bent 65 laterally upon trisecting fold-lin es, thus forming an inclined feed-table 12, the shape of which is triangular in cross-section, the opposite free edges of which are soldered to the edge of the opening 13, formed by the upward bending of the tongue. The rear wall 10 and the opposite ends of the blank ll-are joined by semi-arrow-shaped side pieces 16, the lower edges of the sides being hanged outwardly and soldered to the top, as at 1S. By this 5 construction it is apparent that a cocoanut or other vegetable may be fed into the chute with out liability of cutting the hands of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent, is

In a grater of the class described, a cover the top of which is provided with an integral tongue and bent to form a rear wall at an angle to the top, an inclined feed-table secured to the opening formed by the tongue, and opposite side pieces connecting said feedtable and wall, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM F. TURNBULL.

lVitnesses:

WM. A. ALLAN, H. H. HANKtNs. 1 

